Shringaraprakasha 1.p1.12

1.p1.12

as in: 'Look how (tu) the young boy eats!'; 'Look (paśya), the boy eats!'; 'Look (paśyata), the boy eats!'; 'Indeed (aha), the boy eats!'; 'Aho, Devadatta cooks beautifully!'; 'How splendidly (yathā) he cooks!'; 'How deftly (yāvat) he performs!'; 'Even a teacher (ācāryaś cit) might say this' (Nirukta 1.4.12). hī, ī, hā, hanta, bata, nāma, and bhoḥ kaṣṭam convey despair; as in: 'Alas (hī), the earth-lord is bitten!'; 'Ah (ī), such is worldly existence!'; 'Alas (hā), beloved Jānakī!'; 'Bereft of shelter, alas (hanta bata), is high-mindedness!'; 'Aho, alas (bata), great misery!'; 'Where indeed (nāma) will you go?'; 'Alas, I am weary (bhoḥ śrānto'smi)!'; 'Misery, alas, misery (kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ kaṣṭam)!' diṣṭyā, hanta, bata, baṭ, vāṭ, kad, katham, and kaccit convey joy; as in: 'By good fortune (diṣṭyā) you are not dead, my friend!'; 'Ah (hanta), we are alive!'; 'She alone, ah (bata), is my beloved!'; 'Truly great (baṭ) art thou, O Sūrya' (Ṛgveda 8.101.11); 'Hail (vāṭ), svāhā to them!' (Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 2.6.5.3); 'What (kad) for wise Rudra?' (Ṛgveda 1.43.1); 'How is it, my child Rāmabhadra?'; 'Does Pārvatī live, I hope (kaccit)?'; 'On the contrary (pratyuta) you reproach me'; 'You are divine, but (param) Bhṛṅgiriṭi is [mere attendance]'; 'You are learned, but (kiṃ tu) a rogue'; 'Even when your mother has died, you gamble (api)?'; 'Let him be licentious (nāma), still he is her husband'; 'You are an ascetic, even if (yadi nāma) a fool.' hī, aho, ahaha, cana, nāma, paśya, paśyata, and bata convey astonishment; as in: 'Ah (hī), wondrous is the fruition of the plays of wretched fate!'; 'Aho, the beauty of this woman!'; 'Ahaha, the majesty of the earth-lord!'; 'Those men who do not grow angry when begged from are very few indeed (kecanaiva)'; 'Could a blind man ever (nāma) climb a mountain?'; 'Look (paśya), the boy speaks!'; 'Look (paśya), he travels through the sky!'; 'Who, alas (bata), is this being seen?' In this manner, other [particles] are to be traced according to usage. And these may be understood elsewhere than in explanatory elaboration as well.